Colombo: Sri Lankan police will deploy 20,000 police personnel to provide security for next week's Commonwealth summit here that will witness participation of the heads of government of over 50 countries. The Commonwealth Heads of
Colombo : External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid arrived here today to hold talks with the top Sri Lankan leadership on a host of issues, including that of Indian fishermen languishing in jails and devolution of
Colombo: Thirty-one Indian fishermen arrestedby the Sri Lankan Navy two months ago for allegedly breaching the country's maritime boundary were today freed by a court.The fishermen had been arrested on July 30 off the eastern
New Delhi: Sri Lanka on Sunday said it would like Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to attend the upcoming CHOGM meeting in Colombo despite opposition from political parties in Tamil Nadu on his participation on the
Colombo, Aug 11: A section of Sri Lanka's capital was tense Sunday after a mosque was attacked by a group led by Buddhist priests, in another standoff between the two communities, an official said.The as
Colombo, Mar 19 : Sinhala Ravaya, a Sinhalese Buddhist pressure group, today staged a march to the Indian High Commission here to protest the repeated attacks against Buddhist monks in Tamil Nadu.Several dozens of monks
Colombo, Oct 9: West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Julian Hunte says the West Indies' sensational performance to win the Twenty20 World Cup was a great gift to supporters all over the world.The West Indies
Colombo, Oct 7, 2012: Australian umpire Simon Taufel, who retires after Sunday's World Twenty20 final, said a terror attack that killed eight people including the driver of his bus in 2009 had left a profound
Colombo, Oct 6: West Indies batsman Chris Gayle led his teammates in a "Gangnam style" victory dance after their emphatic 74-run win over Australia in the World Twenty20 semifinals on Friday.Gayle, who smashed an unbeaten
Chennai, Sep 21 : A Pakistan High Commission diplomat in Sri Lanka has been named in the FIR filed by Tamil Nadu police in the suspected espionage case busted in Thanjavur district recently, a senior
Colombo, Sep 18th: In a throwback to the Gary Kirsten days when the then India coach would always help Sachin Tendulkar with throwdowns, the Nondescripts Cricket Club (NCC) ground on Tuesday witnessed Yuvraj Singh going
Colombo, Sep 17: Reigning Champions England, along with Ireland, South Africa and West Indies today won their warm-up matches played a day before the opening of ICC World Twenty20 Cup tournament here. England defeated Australia by
Colombo, May 18: Jailed former Sri Lankan army chief Sarath Fonseka was today granted bail by the High Court here in a case for harbouring military deserters, ahead of an imminent presidential pardon for him.
Colombo/New Delhi, Apr 21: The possibility of a bitter showdown between the BCCI and Sri Lanka Cricket appears to have been averted with the island nation's government hinting that the deadline for its players' return
Mumbai , Apr 21: “Playing for Sri Lanka is more important than playing in the IPL,” Tillakaratne Dilshan said in Colombo on Wednesday. “We're committed to return by May 5,” the newly-appointed Sri Lanka captain
Milan, Mar 28: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi attended a legal hearing today for the first time in eight years, over allegations of fiscal fraud and breach of trust in his business interests.The hearing in
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